Project Update: Europe

Current status of key electric power transmission projects in Europe

• Shetland Link, UK

  January 11, 2022
  The proposed project aims to export renewable energy from the new wind farms on Shetland to the rest of Great Britain and ensure energy security on the islands.

• NeuConnect Interconnection project, UK–Germany

  January 11, 2022
  NeuConnect is a proposed 720-km-long, ±525 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea link between the UK and Germany.

• Celtic Interconnector Project, Ireland–France

  January 11, 2022
  The 700 MW project aims to increase electricity trade within Europe by connecting the north coast of Brittany (in France) to the south coast of Ireland.

• North Sea Network Interconnector, UK and Norway

  November 15, 2021
  The recently commissioned ±500 kV, high voltage direct current (HVDC) North Sea Network Interconnector is the world’s longest subsea electricity cable.

• Greenlink Interconnector, UK–Ireland [free access]

  November 11, 2021
  The project is a proposed 500 MW subsea and underground cable (UGC) electricity interconnector (with associated converter stations) between the electricity grids in UK and Ireland, allowing for electricity to flow both ways between the two countries.

• Ostwind 2 Grid Connection

  November 11, 2021
  Germany’s transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz GmbH is implementing the Ostwind 2 grid connection project, which will connect two future offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea – Arcadis Ost 1 and Baltic Eagle—with a combined capacity of 725 MW, to Germany’s high voltage grid.

• Aurora Line, Finland and Sweden

  November 9, 2021
  The 400 kV Aurora cross-border transmission line will run from Pyhänselkä in Muhos via Keminmaa in Finland to Messaure in northern Sweden.

• Eastern HVDC Links, Scotland–England

  November 9, 2021
  The Eastern HVDC Link project will comprise two offshore green links from Scotland to England.

• ElecLink, UK-France

  November 8, 2021
  The recently commissioned 1 GW ElecLink interconnector project runs through the Channel Tunnel between UK and France.

• HVDC Corridor B Grid Expansion Project, Germany

  November 8, 2021
  Amprion and TenneT, the transmission system operators (TSOs) in Germany,are in the process of developing the high voltage direct current (HVDC) Corridor B grid expansion project with a transmission capacity of 4,000 MW.

• Biscay Gulf France–Spain Interconnection, France–Spain

  October 6, 2021
  The project entails the construction of a high voltage direct current (HVDC) voltage source converter (VSC) 400-km-long link (mainly subsea) in the Biscay Gulf, between Gatica (Basque Country, Spain) and Cubnezais (Nouvelle Aquitaine, France).

• 400 kV Albania–Macedonia Line

  October 4, 2021
  The project involves the construction of the 126-km-long, 400 kV Albania–Macedonia transmission line.

• SuedLink, HVDC Corridor C Transmission Project, Germany

  August 23, 2021
  The high voltage direct current (HVDC) Corridor C link has been designed to integrate new wind generation from northern Germany, extending towards southern Germany and southern Europe for consumption and storage.

• Ibiza–Formentera Interconnection, Spain [free access]

  August 23, 2021
  The interconnection between the Spanish islands of Ibiza and Formentera includes deployment of two 132 kV links between the new substation under construction in Formentera, and the existing Torrent substation in Ibiza that is in the process of being expanded.

• Harmony Link, Poland–Lithuania undersea link

  August 18, 2021
  The undersea link is directly linked to the political roadmap for synchronising the Baltic States’ electricity grid with Continental Europe, which will take place via Poland with the existing alternating current (AC) link (between Lithuania and Poland) and Harmony Link, as decided in a political agreement signed on June 28, 2018 by the Baltic States, Poland and the European Commission (EC).

• 330 kV Vilnius–Neris line, Lithuania

  August 10, 2021
  The 50-km-long, 330 kV overhead line will significantly reinforce the region's electricity network and ensure reliable supply to households and businesses.

• Tyrrhenian Link, Italy

  August 9, 2021
  The 1,000 MW direct current (DC) Tyrrhenian Link is a new electricity corridor at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea.

• Kilingi-Nõmme−Riga CHP-2 Project, Estonia–Latvia

  April 8, 2021
  The third Estonia–Latvia link aims to increase the security of supply and develop the electricity market in the Baltic region.

• Adriatic Link, Abruzzo and Le Marche

  March 8, 2021
  The 1 GW Adriatic Link will connect Abruzzo and Le Marche in Italy. The new 285-km link will comprise an undersea cable, two buried overland cables, and two converter substations located near the existing Cepagatti (Abruzzo) and Fano (Le Marche) electrical substations.

• Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) Project, Denmark–Germany

  November 5, 2020
  The 400 MW Combined Grid Solution (CGS) project will connect the Baltic 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in German waters and Denmark’s 600 MW Kriegers Flak wind park with the national grids of both countries.